It’s got it’s fingers in every industry that uses software for engineering and design. In Automotive, Autodesk’s acquisition of Alias, gave it a foot in the door, adding Class-A Surfacing tools to their MCAD portfolio, and in many countries, Alias is the industry standard for surfacing.

CATIA & NX have long been the dominant players in these industries and rightly so, they have been servicing them since the 80’s and Autodesk have had to play catch up. So what did Autodesk need to do to become the 3rd major player in the space?